Matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_ticks() function in Python

Matplotlib is a library in Python and it is numerical – mathematical extension for NumPy library. It is an amazing visualization library in Python for 2D plots of arrays and used for working with the broader SciPy stack.

Matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_ticks() Function

The Axis.get_major_ticks() function in axis module of matplotlib library is used to get the tick instances.

Syntax: Axis.get_major_ticks(self, numticks=None) 

Parameters: This method accepts the following parameter. 

• numticks : This parameter is the number of ticks.

Return value: This method returns the tick instances. 

Below examples illustrate the matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_ticks() function in matplotlib.axis:

Example 1:

Python3

# Implementation of matplotlib function
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.axis import Axis
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.ticker as ticker

np.random.seed(19680801)

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.plot(100*np.random.rand(20))

formatter = ticker.FormatStrFormatter('%1.2f')
Axis.set_major_formatter(ax.yaxis, formatter)

print("Value of get_major_ticks() :")
for tick in ax.yaxis.get_major_ticks(2):
    tick.label1.set_color('green')
    print(tick)

plt.title("Matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_ticks()\n\
Function Example", fontsize = 12, fontweight ='bold')

plt.show()

Output:

Value of get_major_ticks() :
<matplotlib.axis.XTick object at 0x08A46250>
<matplotlib.axis.XTick object at 0x08A46230>

Example 2:

Python3

# Implementation of matplotlib function
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.axis import Axis
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.ticker as ticker

np.random.seed(19680801)

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.plot(100*np.random.rand(20))

formatter = ticker.FormatStrFormatter('%1.2f')
Axis.set_major_formatter(ax.yaxis, formatter)

print("Value of get_major_ticks() :")
for tick in ax.xaxis.get_major_ticks():
    tick.label1.set_color('red')
    print(tick)

plt.title("Matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_ticks()\n\
Function Example", fontsize = 12, fontweight ='bold')

plt.show()

Output:

Value of get_major_ticks() :
<matplotlib.axis.YTick object at 0x07EB79F0>
<matplotlib.axis.YTick object at 0x07EB7670>
<matplotlib.axis.YTick object at 0x07EA8EB0>
<matplotlib.axis.YTick object at 0x090A30B0>
<matplotlib.axis.YTick object at 0x090A32D0>
<matplotlib.axis.YTick object at 0x090A3570>
<matplotlib.axis.YTick object at 0x090A3830>